News Update
October 5, 2022
OSHA’s Inspection Process Helps Reduce Workplace Hazards and Ensure OSHA Compliance
OSHA regularly conducts inspections of workplaces to ensure that employers are in compliance with safety and health requirements and other federal labor laws. Inspections focus on a wide range of hazards outlined in OSHA's National Emphasis Programs, including hazardous machinery, heat and trenching/excavation. Learn more about the OSHA inspection process in this Video or read OSHA’s Inspections Fact Sheet.
Workplace Self-Inspections Help Uncover Hazards
An effective way to identify workplace hazards is for knowledgeable and experienced workers to conduct routine safety and health self-inspections. The only way to know if potential hazards exist and if they are under control is to assess work processes directly.
 
Small business employers should conduct routine workplace self-inspections to:
 
  • Identify hazards,
  • Control identified hazards, and
  • Monitor and evaluate hazard controls to verify that they continue to be effective.
 
OSHA’s On-Site Consultation programs in all states, the District of Columbia and most territories, can help small business employers with this process at no cost. For more self-inspection information and resources, see OSHA’s Small Business Safety and Health Handbook.
Safety and health inspections are shown to be essential parts of the hazard control process. OTC 308 Safety Inspection Techniques focuses on how inspections are conducted and how the information is used to improve safety and health. NOTE: Students will perform an inspection during a class field trip and will prepare a final inspection report.
Next Week is Fire Prevention Week
Next week is the 100th anniversary of observing NFPA's Fire Prevention Week™. This year’s campaign, “Fire won’t wait. Plan your escape”, focuses on simple but important actions everyone can take to keep themselves and those around them safe from home fires.
 
Today’s homes burn faster than ever. You may have as little as two minutes (or even less) to safely escape a home fire from the time the smoke alarm sounds. Getting out of a home during a fire depends on early warning from smoke alarms and advance planning. See NFPA's Safety Action Plan
Safeguarding Machinery Protects Workers
from Serious Injury
Moving machine parts have the potential to cause severe workplace injuries, such as crushed fingers or hands, amputations, burns or blindness. Safeguards are essential for protecting workers from these preventable injuries. Any machine part, function, or process that may cause injury must be safeguarded. When the operation of a machine or accidental contact injure the operator or others in the vicinity, the hazards must be eliminated or controlled.
 
Two primary methods are used to safeguard machines: guards and safeguarding devices. Guards provide physical barriers that prevent access to dangerous areas. Safeguarding devices either prevent or detect operator contact with the point of operation or stop potentially hazardous machine motion if any part of a worker’s body is within the hazardous portion of the machine.
 
OSHA’s Safeguarding Equipment and Protecting Employees from Amputations provides information to help identify and manage common amputation hazards associated with operating and using stationary equipment. OSHA’s Machine Guarding webpage covers the hazards of mechanical motion and techniques for protecting workers.
The OSHA Training Institute Education Center is offering OSHA #7100 Introduction to Machinery and Machine Safeguarding as a virtual training via Zoom on October 27th. This half-day course covers the process to identify, select and properly safeguard machinery to protect employees and others in the work area and deliver appropriate training in safe work practices. REGISTER FOR OSHA #7100 ONLINE
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Spotlight on In-Person OSHA Classes
Spotlight on Virtual Zoom OSHA Classes
Physical distancing and safety guidelines followed, and class sizes are reduced. Proof of vaccination status required on Pleasanton campus only.
In Region IX OSHA numbered Virtual, Instructor-Led classes offered via Zoom are only available to participants located in California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands. Call 866-936-6742 if you are unsure if this applies to you.
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Pleasanton, CA 94588

Phone: 866-936-6742
Fax: 925-460-0133

E-Mail: otc@clpccd.org

Website: osha4you.com
The OSHA Training Institute Education Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is part of a select network of nonprofit organizations in the U.S. authorized by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to provide occupational safety and health training to employers and workers. 

We offer OSHA standards-based classes In-Person and Virtual Instructor-Led via Zoom for construction, maritime, disaster site and general industries in California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands. Class sizes are limited, so early registration is strongly advised.
Visit our website for a schedule of upcoming classes, or for more information, call 866-936-6742 or email otc@clpccd.org.

The OSHA Training Institute Education Center Catalog features information on our training programs, including overviews and class descriptions, enrollment policies and course delivery options. Download the OSHA Training Catalog or Request a Catalog by Mail.

The recommendations in this email are advisory in nature, informational in content, and intended to assist employers in providing a safe and healthful workplace.